People · United States
Brian Nguyen
3×3 one-handed · top 1.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016NGUY10
Brian Nguyen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.32, set at Nipomo Spring 2018, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in the United States. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2016, he has put 152 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.12 in February 2016 to 7.59, a 56% improvement. Brian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.32 | 14.98 | top 1.3% | 203 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 7.59 | 9.58 | top 2.1% | 1,257 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.02 | top 6.5% | 2,561 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 14.01 | 19.79 | top 14.2% | 964 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,248 / 19,072 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.28 at Caltech Winter 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Five personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter 2017.
- 9 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.24 at SoCal Supercomp 2016.
- 20 Feb 2016First competition: Caltech Winter 2016. A 17.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Michael Young — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Elijah Brown — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Lucas Peters — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.